SUPPORT YOU LOCAL GUNFIGHTER
DIRECTED BY BURT KENNEDY
PRODUCED BY BILL FINNEGAN/ BURT KENNEDY/ JAMES GARNER
CHEROKEE-BRIGADE PRODUCTIONS
UNITED ARTISTS
Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
James Garner plays a ladies' man who ends up on the run from a conquest.
He has an embarrassing problem that requires a doctor, but that is not immediately disclosed.
He and a town barsweep form a plot to impersonate a well known gunfighter
so that Garner can pay off his debts and skip town before the soon to come arrival
of the real gunfighter.
The cast is almost identical to Support Your Local Sheriff! and the humor is similar.
Typical: "You hit him from behind!" Garner: "Just as hard as I could!"
Written by John Vogel
Full Cast
James Garner ... Latigo
Suzanne Pleshette ... Patience
Jack Elam ... Jug May
Harry Morgan ... Taylor
Joan Blondell ... Jenny
Marie Windsor ... Goldie
John Dehner ... Colonel Ames
Henry Jones ... Ez
Dub Taylor ... Doc Schultz
Kathleen Freeman ... Mrs. Perkins
Dick Curtis ... Bud Barton
Willis Bouchey ... McLaglen
Walter Burke ... Morris
Gene Evans ... Butcher
Grady Sutton ... Storekeeper
Ellen Corby ... Abigail
Ben Cooper ... Colorado
Virginia Capers ... Effie
Herb Vigran ... Fat
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez ... Ortiz
Mike Wagner ... Bartender
Terry Wilson ... Thug
Roy Glenn ... Headwaiter
John Wheeler ... Croupier
Jerry Gatlin ... Miner
Dick Haynes ... Bartender
Jimmie Booth ... Townsman (uncredited)
Danny Borzage ... Accordionist (uncredited)
Chuck Connors ... 'Swifty' Morgan (uncredited)
John Daheim ... Saloon Fight Victim (uncredited)
Louie Elias ... Brawler (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson ... Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers ... Townsman (uncredited)
Rod McGaughy ... Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
John McKee ... Saloon Shooting Witness (uncredited)
James Nolan ... Train Conductor (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien ... Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts ... Townsman (uncredited)
Hank Robinson ... Townsman (uncredited)
Diane Sayer ... Girl on Train (uncredited)
Cap Somers ... Townsman (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ... Man Walking by Hotel (uncredited)
Max Wagner ... Townsman Watching Fight (uncredited)
Writing Credits
James Edward Grant (written by)
Original Music
Jack Elliott
Allyn Ferguson
Cinematography
Harry Stradling Jr.
Trivia
Marie Windsor replaced Marilyn Maxwell as "Goldie".
Goofs
Anachronisms
Modern train trestle: in the opening credit sequence,
we see an old-time steam locomotive and train crossing a railroad bridge.
The under-structure of the bridge is obviously of modern construction,
using modern steel beams and girders. In the Old West, when the story takes place,
the railroad trestle would have been constructed entirely out of heavy timbers.
The first time that Latigo places a bet on the roulette table, the dealer calls for the saloon owner,
who pours himself a glass of Cutty Sark whiskey before agreeing to cover the bet.
The film takes place in frontier-era Colorado in the late 1800's.
However, Cutty Sark whiskey wasn't introduced until 1923.
Continuity
The shaving cream on the Latigo's face in the barbershop scene changes between shots.
In the bar fight, Patience sees Latigo lying face-down on the floor with nobody near him.
In the close-up, Latigo's lying face-up with his head on the leg of another unconscious cowboy.
When it first shows the locomotive bringing the "real" Swifty Morgan
to town it has "577" on the front and a red cattle guard.
Later when the train pulls into the depot the engine now has "119" on the front
and a black cattle guard. It's a completely different locomotive.
In the bar fight: Patience (Suzanne Pleshette) places an empty beer mug on the chest
of the knocked-out guy on the floor next to James Garner.
The mug changes position by 90 degrees in the subsequent shot.
In the scene where Patience is trying to get out of Ames' sister's bedroom,
we see that Suzanne Pleshette left her wedding ring on, while she's not wearing it in any other scene.
Plot holes
At the big bonfire celebration Col. Ames confesses to Latigo that he never really
sent off telegrams to Swifty Morgan, it was just a stunt to scare off the miners.
If true why was the telegrapher expecting Swifty on the train?
Obviously the telegrapher sent something.
Revealing mistakes
When the miner shoots his rifle down at the feet of Latigo Smith,
he is clearly aiming about 10-15 feet to the left of where the bullet hits on the ground.
Plot holes
After the final dynamite explosion we learn that the "I Love Goldy" tattoo
has been blasted off his chest. This could only happen if all the skin had been burned
or stripped from his chest, yet he has suffered no obvious injury and his face is not harmed.
Filming Locations
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, Durango, Colorado, USA